The Lena Goldfields massacre and the crisis of the late tsarist state / / Michael Melancon

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910825252603321
• Autore: Melancon Michael S. <1940->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2006
• ISBN: 1-299-05316-5; 1-60344-551-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (259 p.)
• Collana: Eugenia and Hugh M. Stewart '26 series on Eastern Europe
• Disciplina: 957/.5
• Soggetti: Strikes and lockouts - Gold mining - Russia (Federation) - Lena River Valley; Miners - Russia (Federation) - Lena River Valley
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-232) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- The early history of Lena gold mining -- Modern Lena gold mining, Lenzoto, and the workers, 1861-1912 -- The history of worker unrest in the Lena region, 1842-1912 -- The Lena Goldfields strike and shooting -- Politics, the strike committee, and competing discourses -- Unexpected consensus in Russian society -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Selected items from Lenzoto work contract for 1911-12 -- Appendix 2: Selected items from "our demands," submitted to Lenzoto, 3 March 1912.